Brandade de morue parmentiere

Brandade de morue parmentiere is a cod brandade in the potato-based, ready-made style, the sort of comfort food that is meant to be warmed and served with very little thinking. By our assessment, its strength is the soft, creamy mix of salted fish and mash, which makes it filling and direct rather than fancy. The downside is that brandade lives on balance, and in a packaged version the texture can tilt heavy or leaden if the seasoning is not right. In use it is homely and dense, more spoonable than elegant, with the potato doing a lot of the work. Compared with a homemade brandade, it is less lively and less airy, but also far less demanding. This is an everyday pantry or chilled-dish option, not a delicate seafood plate, and the name signals that plainly enough.